It's still corruption and bad faith at OW and ODSP

[maryj...@gmail.com]

Did anybody including Deb Matthews comment on the huge waste of
resources being spent by the legal clinic system and the Social
Benefits Tribunal. Of coarse this is no fault of the tribunal itself
as long as it has been screaming bloody murder to the appropriate
ministries.

Our research shows that if anyone applying for anything to do with
ODSP and is denied, all they have to do is attend a SBT hearing with
representation and the tribunal will overturn that denial 80.70% of
the time. This means that when government workers make a decision they
are wrong 4 out of ever 5 times.

This is corruption, this is bad faith, this is willful blindness or
willful deceit.

I will now describe a very aggravating factor. If that same person,
under the same circumstances, goes without representation, the
tribunal will overturn that denial 72.68% of the time.

This would suggest that the legal clinics are only of value just under
8% of the time regarding wrong decisions that are overturned.

Allowing this to continue prevents Ontario Works recipients from
accessing justice the vast majority of times simply because there is
nowhere to go for legal help or information.

If there is going to be any real attempt at reducing poverty using
existing resources this matter would have to be one the top 3 items to
be looked at.

http://povertywatchontario.ca/2008/06/16/minister-consulting-in-thunder-bay-june-16/